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Defencive Line

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942Date range
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Chronological records

1942

Harold Alexander Alexander, 1st20 March 1942

River Salween · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Establishes a defensive line from Prome to Toungoo & east to the Salween River

Names involved

Harold Alexander Alexander, 1st

Provenance

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